InHouseBlog
DECEMBER 4, 2022
Sterling Miller’s recent piece illuminates the issues involved and provides practical guidance for in-house counsel at all levels in an organization: “…expectations regarding the responsibilities of in-house counsel to spot and stop corporate malfeasance have changed dramatically over the past two decades.
InHouseOps
AUGUST 1, 2022
27 years ago, I was working as a trial attorney for a law firm in Alabama when I was recruited by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. At that time, they were very interested in lawyers becoming special agents, which is something I’d always wanted to do for all the typical reasons. What I was interested in was internal investigations.
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LexForti
JUNE 2, 2022
Third-party funding is rather a new concept and was adapted by many legislations only recently due to the illegality of the doctrines of maintenance and champerty in common-law jurisdictions in the past. The BCI Rules do not permit such an arrangement [21] as this may hamper the professional services furthered by a lawyer. Balaji [17].
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The California legislature passed a bill on Wednesday requiring lawyers to notify the state bar if they suspect their peers are partaking in serious criminal activity, including conspiracy, insurrection and treason. In the wake of SB 40, California stands at a pivotal moment in reinforcing ethical standards within its legal sphere.
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The reported conduct includes lying to police, misidentifying drug samples or certifying substances as illegal under state law—including a piece of a nut—when they were not drugs. there has been a violation of state criminal law by Ms. That citation refers to the state’s obstruction of justice law. 268, 13B,” the letter states.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Federal prisoner Quartavious Davis asserted that his trial lawyer rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance for not pursuing a plea deal for him, causing him to receive a sentence many times longer than his co-defendants who pleaded guilty. Three terms ago in Seila Law v. Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co.,
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. Of course, no one would confuse a bottle of Chardonnay with a Turkey, but that does not seem to matter under our increasingly absurd copyright and trademark laws. ————————————————————.
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